Tuesday, April 5, 2011

KT to HB

Some news coming out of the first week of spring football practice is that running back Kenny Turner will be moving to H-back in Doug Martin's new offensive system for the New Mexico State Aggies.

Turner led the Aggies on the ground last year, rushing for 461 yards and two touchdowns — he averaged 4.0 yards per carry. He was third on the team with 25 receptions for 203 yards.

Turner played in 10 games last year and sat out some games late in the season with a knee injury.

He was considered one of the few gamebreaking-type players the Aggies had on offense last season.

Turner is now 100 percent healthy and is playing a new position.

In Martin's offense, the H-back is reserved for a versatile playmaker. Turner will still line up as a traditional running back and get carries, but will also be put in motion and line up outside or in the slot, asked to turn into a receiver.

One of Turner's adjustments to H-back will be route running on intermediate pass plays — 5-to-15 yards from the line of scrimmage.

so, we are returning to the hal mumme style of offense? everyone hated it back then, but now its ok to put in? i don't get it. have we recruited the type of players, especially offensive lineman to handle this? what about defense, so when we have all the turning the ball over on downs, we are back to defense and quickly. do tell us.

Teddy I'm a texas boy,but follow NMSU everyday,I think your a great writer.I can promise you this though an mark my words,the team will go 6 and 7 or 7 and 6 this year.The offense will suprise people and the d will come up when needed.Manley will be solid,turner will make big plays and clay will go over the 1,000 yards.I been following clay for years,hes tough,smart and he's a diamond in the rough.

Teddy, I was not able to catch any spring ball this year but plan to go to every home game. What is to be expected. Did this new offense prove to be an improvement? How did Clay look? And how about the linebackers? You mentioned their was a big hole to be filled, who is filling it at the moment?